I Think about nice feature that im sort the contacts by status or by name..
this feature included in Miranda-IM ..

and there is a good thing if Patchou will make a 'Release Page' wich show us the status of the next release of Messenger Plus!

Patchou - Think on it..

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Originally posted by Xtrician
I Think about nice feature that im sort the contacts by status or by name..
this feature included in Miranda-IM ..

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Sorting by custom name isn't possible due to the way in which the feature works - Messenger automatically sorts by e-mail, and there's no way round it.

Hi Xtrician, were you aware that you can change the way your contacts are viewed?


Or are you referring to the MsgPlus 'custom names' feature? As raceprouk mentioned, sorting custom names isn't possible.

No.. i mean to sort the contact list by status.. Online, Not Here, Bussy
Like ICQ

It'd probably have to be done by MSN themselves. Although, I suppose there is a way you could do it using a plugin - come to think of it, it is possible, if someone wishes to program it.

Personally I don't think it's a good idea, I wouldn't like my contacts moving around every so often as their status changes.

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Originally posted by mwe99
Personally I don't think it's a good idea, I wouldn't like my contacts moving around every so often as their status changes.

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If Patchou wasn't able to sort them by 'name', I don't think he will be able to sort them by 'status' too.

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Originally posted by Brian
If Patchou wasn't able to sort them by 'name', I don't think he will be able to sort them by 'status' too.

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It is exactly the same issue, qgroessl....

Messenger Plus! does not sort the contacts, if you use custom names or not. In fact Messenger Plus! doesn't contain any code for sorting the contact list at all. It totaly let MSN Messenger handle that stuff.

In case for custom names, Messenger Plus! only changes the item (aka: what you see on a line), it doesn't change the item's visible location in that list. Since Messenger Plus! needs the emails to detect which item is which contact and thus which custom name, the list has to be in "View By Email" so Plus! can take and compare the internal texts of the items. Result, they are sorted by email address (because, as said, Plus! doesn't change anything to the order of which MSN Messenger displays them).

In case for statusses, this is exactly the same. Plus! only changes the last thing on the listview's item, it doesn't alter the visible nor internal order. Hence Plus! will not sort the list on statusses either...

Now why is it that Plus! let MSN Messenger handle the sorting? Because of the amount of work it would take to sort the list! It isn't a simple "IF B>A Then Swap A with B", there are many pitfalls in that list. For starters it is devided in groups, so you have to change that as well. Then there are the many combinations of MSN Messenger sorting itself which must be ignored constantly each time MSN Messenger updates the list, etc... Not to mention the problems which could/will occur because of the altered internal indexes of the list because you sorted the list yourself, etc..., etc...

It isn't so straitforward as it may seem. Possible? Yes... Doable? If Patchou has heaps of time...

Possible with a plugin? In theory yes... Doable? Not worth the amount of massive work and debugging. There are far 'easier' jobs which could be done with plugins, but are never done because nobody wanted to spend time on them. So I very highly doubt someone is willing to spend time on this and produce a half-working plugin which is bound to have problems...

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Originally posted by raceprouk
it is possible, if someone wishes to program it.

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To put things into perspective.



Am I right?

Patches

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Originally posted by Patches
To put things into perspective.



Am I right?

Patches

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Originally posted by Patches
To put things into perspective.



Am I right?

Patches

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Its just a screenshot. I am sorry, just not a coder.

Patches